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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  will be in Japan next (and it's only open two months out of the year ... down and hit up an onsen (hot springs) at the base of the mountain. It ... something truly to be said about the masochism of MIT students, and as I was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Up With The Mail?!? Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know.

  

  folks who handle the logistics of processing and inputting MIT mail into ... . I know that many of you haven't heard yet, and that it's enormously ... say that (1) the Post Office is dealing with insane amounts of mail due

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  leading authority on how the emergence and growth of American colleges and ... of the class and related research. I've embedded the webcast below. You ... to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  to go to classes and stuff, so he was expelled at the end of his ... for a number of reasons, including their library facilities and the ... for the possibility of double-majoring. My first year here, my floor had

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I defer my enrollment?

  years. After confirming your intent to enroll in MIT's first-year class, you will be asked to submit a formal request for deferment to the Dean of Admissions. Such requests are usually granted (indeed, often
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  his way out of the building?” My house is a confusing maze of stairs and ... schools seems obvious. Location matters, and the quality of academic ... problem set, and I actually care. No axis of the universe has actually

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  and left for the States at the ripe young age of 1. From there I enjoyed ... , more specifically 1st East, home of the Disco Dance Floor and other ... culture and history, and I highly recommend checking out a few of the past

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  the first floor"]TFL[/annotation] and for a second, paused and looked ... probably because the excitement of being at a new place never got replaced with the overwhelming realization of being at that new place before that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  ’ve found myself with a lot of time to “stop and smell the roses.” There ... treatment data of patients with head and neck cancer patients to study the ... expanding my horizons and becoming at least somewhat skilled in the realm of C

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  of you, it breaks my heart and I believe also breaks the heart of the ... , the dirtiest secret is that all of us are ourselves quite flawed, and if ... idea. I've talked to lots of candidates - and the ones who are just

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  . And to those of you who get waitlisted: Waiting's hard, yes. But the ... get off the waitlist, and you could be one of them :) To everyone: As ... to be rejected, my mom would see it first. But still, I called. And

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  artiste in the first week of class (Jorja Smith😍), where we watch Shakira ... that generously-portioned shahi paneer and chicken pakora at the end of a ... living at the confluence of a pandemic, a racial reckoning, and an economic

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  representation of warfare.) I like fried chicken, hot dogs, the sun - and an ... ! (And maybe the return of m_quinn but hopefully not.) So, in usual ... (The Deans of all the Ivy's and some other awesome schools you

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  through some possible courses of action, and settled on: moping. First, I ... first of two very profound e-mail moments. Out of the blue, I got a ... accurately reflect your command of the material and to encourage you to not let

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  , staring at the soft eggshell paint of my ceiling and pondering my exam ... difficulty trusting people. I’m spending the first half of Spring Break in New ... reasons that this particular mistake happened, including the eclipse of

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  read all of those applications at the same time and compare them side by ... have MIT as their first choice and all of them are probably quite ... , and other neat goodies. MIT is awesome and is one of the only (if not

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  growling stomach, and make a beeline to the gates of heaven - also known as ... meals, and I savored every delicious mouthful. And now, in the blink of ... My fellow readers of the MIT Admissions blogs, a great tragedy has

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  World Pride in New York City and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ... essay may be the first time they are disclosing this aspect of their ... reminded of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera – Black and Puerto Rican

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  I've had my fair share of time with roommates and friends in the past year and I've learned a lot. I lived for the first time with friends in a ... defined budgets and expectations of the people you're living with ensures

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer a list of verbs

  

  dryer. The ends of my hair have withered and splintered, and my face has ... , and while the weather leaves much to be desired, there is still a lot of ... with the piece of paper in front of me and nobody else. Reading

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 25, 2022